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COPYRIGHT 2004 South Florida Sun-Sentinal
Byline: Dave Hyde
ATHENS _ One lane over is Ana Guevara. The world champ. The Mexican veteran. The 27-year-old who kisses her biceps after each race, whose name is being chanted across Olympic Stadium, whom Sanya Richards has studied in video for hours, dissecting her running style, analyzing her race strategy and figuring just what makes her stopwatch tick.
Two lanes over is Tonique Williams-Darling. The rising queen. The Bahamian star. The 28-year-old who has run the fastest 400-meter race this year, who also is in the prime of her time and, yep, whom Richards has studied tapes for hours as well.
This is the pedigree you match muscle with at the Olympics, and this is the thing about the 400-meter race: Runners aren't shot from a cannon...
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